The Examination of Sarah Good
160 - ANS-How many cases of witchcraft were documented in Salem?
\an easy target - ANS-Sarah Good was seen as this
\bias - ANS-prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another,
usually in a way considered to be unfair
\combined the church and the state, vulnerable to rumors and suspicion because they were a
small, unsophisticated, fearful town - ANS-What was Salem, Massachusetts like?
\connotation - ANS-an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary
meaning.
\denotation - ANS-the literal meaning of a word
\forfeited and sold for public auction - ANS-What happened to one's property if convicted?
\guilty until proven innocent - ANS-those accused were seen as this which resulted in many
being convicted of witchcraft due to the impossibility to deny witchcraft at the time
\he didn't want to be accused of witchcraft himself - ANS-Why did Sarah Good's husband testify
against her?
\jailed and hanged - ANS-What was the punishment for Puritans convicted of witchcraft?
\loaded question - ANS-a question that is biased because it contains a built-in assumption or
unwanted presumption that forces a particular type of answer
\objectivity - ANS-personal neutrality in conducting research or accusation/lack of bias
\Reverend Paris left an old Indian Nanny named Tituba to watch his children, who performed
voodoo tricks and danced with the girls reporting out-of-body experiences - ANS-How did the
witchcraft accusations begin?
\rights restored, paid 600 pounds compensation - ANS-What happened to the accused after the
trials ended?
\Salem Witch Trials - ANS-1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a puritan village marked
by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress
\Sarah Good - ANS-beggar in Salem; first to be accused of witchcraft
\she changes her story half way through - ANS-How does Sarah Good hurt her case by
confessing and naming Sarah Osborne?
\she wanted to deflect the blame away from herself and avoid being hanged by confessing -
ANS-Why did Sarah Good accuse Sarah Osborne
\silent, docile mothers more susceptible to the devil - ANS-What were women's roles within
Puritan society?
\spector - ANS-a ghost or phantom
\spectral evidence - ANS-accepted evidence in the Salem Witch Trials that was a simple claim
by a witness of seeing a spirit
\the children claimed she caused them harm and convulsed with pain upon her presence -
ANS-Why do the court officials have a biased attitude against Sarah Good
\they accused people too high religious background/power - ANS-What ultimately lead to people
questioning the girls' authority?
\they didn't want to get in trouble, they liked the power - ANS-Why did the girls accuse others?
160 - ANS-How many cases of witchcraft were documented in Salem?
\an easy target - ANS-Sarah Good was seen as this
\bias - ANS-prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another,
usually in a way considered to be unfair
\combined the church and the state, vulnerable to rumors and suspicion because they were a
small, unsophisticated, fearful town - ANS-What was Salem, Massachusetts like?
\connotation - ANS-an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary
meaning.
\denotation - ANS-the literal meaning of a word
\forfeited and sold for public auction - ANS-What happened to one's property if convicted?
\guilty until proven innocent - ANS-those accused were seen as this which resulted in many
being convicted of witchcraft due to the impossibility to deny witchcraft at the time
\he didn't want to be accused of witchcraft himself - ANS-Why did Sarah Good's husband testify
against her?
\jailed and hanged - ANS-What was the punishment for Puritans convicted of witchcraft?
\loaded question - ANS-a question that is biased because it contains a built-in assumption or
unwanted presumption that forces a particular type of answer
\objectivity - ANS-personal neutrality in conducting research or accusation/lack of bias
\Reverend Paris left an old Indian Nanny named Tituba to watch his children, who performed
voodoo tricks and danced with the girls reporting out-of-body experiences - ANS-How did the
witchcraft accusations begin?
\rights restored, paid 600 pounds compensation - ANS-What happened to the accused after the
trials ended?
\Salem Witch Trials - ANS-1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a puritan village marked
by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress
\Sarah Good - ANS-beggar in Salem; first to be accused of witchcraft
\she changes her story half way through - ANS-How does Sarah Good hurt her case by
confessing and naming Sarah Osborne?
\she wanted to deflect the blame away from herself and avoid being hanged by confessing -
ANS-Why did Sarah Good accuse Sarah Osborne
\silent, docile mothers more susceptible to the devil - ANS-What were women's roles within
Puritan society?
\spector - ANS-a ghost or phantom
\spectral evidence - ANS-accepted evidence in the Salem Witch Trials that was a simple claim
by a witness of seeing a spirit
\the children claimed she caused them harm and convulsed with pain upon her presence -
ANS-Why do the court officials have a biased attitude against Sarah Good
\they accused people too high religious background/power - ANS-What ultimately lead to people
questioning the girls' authority?
\they didn't want to get in trouble, they liked the power - ANS-Why did the girls accuse others?
